h continues to forbid her priests to wed, when
they know full well that celibacy in the Catholic Church is the cause
of all of this degeneracy.

This state of affairs is not confined to Ecuador alone, but the same
state of affairs exists throughout the length and breadth of all
Catholic nations which are completely under the power of the Pope.

Italy, for instance, which is the home of the Pope and which has been
the home of the Catholic Church since the existence of her
abominations, is one of the most immoral countries that ever
besmirched the face of the earth.

The first lesson that a Catholic child is taught is "_hate_," and
that lesson is directed at Protestantism; therefore, is it any wonder
that the education of Catholicism only reaches out far enough to
hoodwink the student and does not elevate him or her above the
festering mess which surrounds it?

We want, to repeat the statement that the Roman Catholic Church does
not want to educate anybody, nor will it do so, where it is not under
the pressure of Protestant influence. However, the American people
demand figures and facts before they will be convinced; so as further
evidence of the truthfulness of what we are telling you, we propose
to quote from a report of the minister of education in Italy, made
some few years ago. This report is true in every particular, and
bear in mind that this minister of education was a Catholic himself.
The report follows:

"Of every 1,000 males in the province of Lombardy, 539 only were able
to read, and 461 did not even know their letters. Of every 1,000
females, only 426 could read and 574 could not read, neither did they
know their letters.

"In Naples and Sicily, out of every 1,000 males, only 165 were able
to read and 835 could not, and out of every 1,000 females, only 62
could read and 938 could not read and did not know their alphabet.
Taking this report, you will find that out of every 100, only about
10 were able to read.

"In 1864, out of 21,000,000 people, only 3,500,000 could read and
write, and the rest did not know their alphabet, and to-day Spain,
another country which is completely dominated by the power of Rome,
has a population of ignorant dupes, as 80 per cent of the population
of Spain cannot read and write.

"In Ireland, where the Romish Church is dominant, this same record is
repeated, as in other Catholic nations. In European countries where
Protestantism is taught there is but one out of every